Printed music

Along with performing editions of printed music arranged by instrument or performing group, there are numerous significant sets of printed music, edited by scholars, that represent the works of an individual composer (a collected edition, or "Gesamtausgabe") or various historical series ("Denkmäler) arranged geographically, by form/genre, or by time period.

These carefully prepared sets often take many years to complete, and some remain ongong endeavors. New research into a composer's body of work has in some cases prompted the initiation of an entirely new series.